Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Tue, May 8, 2018 11:01 AM hang10tiki small is good. I'll enjoy watching that along with your big tiki on your carving page. It's looking very male. littlegiles I'm so happy that you like our smiles. Dan said he wanted to marry me because I always smiled when we were together. You don't have to wait. The glazing has begun! ================================= It's Catch Up Day. While working on the O2 out Diver's Helmets I have also begun to glaze. Once the helmets are all sculpted I'll glaze all projects done so far including the Sacramento Crawl mugs before I begin the next phase of the Wish List #8. Some new glazes have become available. I bought them and did my usual glaze tests for each one. The name of the jar on the bottom and then 3, 2 and 1 layers of glaze to see what works best for each project. I use the tests as my guides because orange glaze is green when fired. To glaze the O2 out mug I do a flat black into all the areas needing depth. Behind the skull really makes the helmet look hollow. This is the first one to be done of the 6. One side and then the other. Next up is the bowl that had the big piece pop out of the side because I was careless. I'm doing it first so that Eric Gabry's can figure out if these colors work for his version of this bowl. I glazed it in shiny black and then added crystals to make lava. I only show one layer of glazing. These steps are done 3 times. This bowl has so many nooks and crannies. I let it dry between layers. I do not glaze the top edge until I've done the 3 layers all over. Then once I don't have to flip it I will do the 3 layers on the top edge. Mark Seller's requested 3 spitting tikis to go with his black velvet painting. He had me also customize them. No top rim and red crystals in the inside. After I did his I did the black interiors for the 7 other mugs. I placed them upside down on wire grids so that the excess glaze could drip out onto a clean tray. After they were done dripping I was able to put the excess back into the jar. All ten mugs will now dry and be ready for the next step.

hang10tiki small is good. I'll enjoy watching that along with your big tiki on your carving page. It's looking very male.

littlegiles I'm so happy that you like our smiles. Dan said he wanted to marry me because I always smiled when we were together.

You don't have to wait. The glazing has begun!

=================================

It's Catch Up Day. While working on the O2 out Diver's Helmets I have also begun to glaze. Once the helmets are all sculpted I'll glaze all projects done so far including the Sacramento Crawl mugs before I begin the next phase of the Wish List #8.

Some new glazes have become available. I bought them and did my usual glaze tests for each one. The name of the jar on the bottom and then 3, 2 and 1 layers of glaze to see what works best for each project. I use the tests as my guides because orange glaze is green when fired.

To glaze the O2 out mug I do a flat black into all the areas needing depth. Behind the skull really makes the helmet look hollow.

This is the first one to be done of the 6.

One side and then

the other.

Next up is the bowl that had the big piece pop out of the side because I was careless. I'm doing it first so that Eric Gabry's can figure out if these colors work for his version of this bowl.

I glazed it in shiny black and then added crystals to make lava.

I only show one layer of glazing. These steps are done 3 times.

This bowl has so many nooks and

crannies.

I let it dry between layers. I do not glaze the top edge until I've done the 3 layers all over. Then once I don't have to flip it I will do the 3 layers on the top edge.

Mark Seller's requested 3 spitting tikis to go with his black velvet painting. He had me also customize them. No top rim and

red crystals in the inside.

After I did his I did the black interiors for the 7 other mugs. I placed them upside down on wire grids so that the excess glaze could drip out onto a clean tray.

After they were done dripping I was able to put the excess back into the jar.

All ten mugs will now dry and be ready for the next step.

Post #786628 by danlovestikis on Tue, May 8, 2018 11:01 AM